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• Man dead after rolling SUV into...

  02-09-2017 23:39
  A man is dead after driving off a road and into Dillon Reservoir Thursday night.       
  
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• AP: Toxic waste sites flooded

  02-09-2017 23:24
  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey’s floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away.
  Long a center of the nation’s petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen such Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among America’s most intensely contaminated places. Many are
  
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• Broncos Waive QB Kyle Sloter

  02-09-2017 22:34
  DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Denver Broncos waived rookie quarterback Kyle Sloter Saturday afternoon as NFL teams trimmed their rosters to 53 players.
  Sloter, signed this summer as an undrafted free agent from the University of Northern Colorado, enjoyed a successful preseason as the third-string QB for the Broncos.
  He acquired a following of orange-clad fans in the process.Thank you to bronco country for all the support. Hopefully I'll be able to stick around in Denver. Next 24 hrs will be
  
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• Day Of Service Volunteers Will Help The Homeless

  02-09-2017 21:48
  DENVER, Colo (CBS4) – Xcel Energy’s Day of Service is a one-day volunteer opportunity with more than 70 projects set up all over the state. Mile High United Way will be hosting 85 Day of Service volunteers in Denver.
  LINK: Register for Xcel Energy’s Day of Service
  “A Day of Service is really special for Mile High United Way because it really does what we do, unite community together to make a difference,” said Christine Benero, President & CEO of Mile High
  
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• Colorado Volunteers Package Meals For Hurricane Survivors

  02-09-2017 21:32
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Many Coloradans began the holiday weekend volunteering to help people in Texas.
  About 70 volunteers came together in Englewood to support non-profit organization Colorado Feeding Kids package thousands of meals for Harvey survivors.
  “We give most of our meals to local food banks,” Colorado Feeding Kids President Kenward Bradley said. “What we have left over we ship to wherever we need them.”
  In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, tens o
  
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• ‘Mind The Gap’: CDOT Reminds Drivers To Be Aware

  02-09-2017 20:27
  By Joel HillanDOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Colorado Department of Transportation launched a new safety campaign focused on “The Gap” an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and C-470.
  CDOT reported 5,537 crashes along I-25 between C-470 and Colorado Springs from 2011 to 2015 with rear-end and side-swipe collisions being the most common.CDOT hopes their Mind the Gap campaign will cause drivers to pause and focus on the fundamentals of being a defensive driver:
  
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• DIA Getting More Local Restaurants, Coffee Shops

  02-09-2017 19:32
  DENVER (CBS4)– More favorite local restaurants and coffee shops are moving into Denver International Airport.This comes in addition to other local hot spots like Root Down which are already at DIA.
  The airport announced that the Denver Central Market will have a location in Concourse A. The market will include sushi, Italian fare, a bakery, and even a meat and cheese shop. The DIA location will be modeled after the Denver Central Market that currently exists in RiNo. Curio Bar located with
  
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• ‘It All Worked’: Pilot Executes Perfect Crash Landing

  02-09-2017 19:30
  By Jeff Todd
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – A pilot and his trainee say they’re lucky to be alive after putting their plane down at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without the landing gear working properly.
  (credit: North Metro Fire District)
  Davide Picard was doing training with his co-pilot. The two had gone to Greeley because of the long runway, but during the first landing attempt Picard felt a problem.
  “I land on the gear, before I load put load onto it, I feel for it,
  
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• Cuvee Puts On Luxury Fundraiser For The Boys & Girls Clubs

  02-09-2017 19:26
  DENVER (CBS4) – The 8th annual Flight to Luxury is a red carpet hanger party that raises money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Ultra-luxury travel company, Cuvee, puts on the event. Flight to Luxury has raised $5 million dollars for the Boys & Girls Clubs since its inception in 2009. This year the fundraising goal is $1.7 million.
  LINK: For Tickets to Flight to Luxury
  Flight to Luxury features live entertainment, a fashion show, food, and drink. There is a live and
  
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• Woman Who Assisted Subjects Of Amber Alert ‘Felt Compelled To Help’

  02-09-2017 19:21
  By Karen Morfitt
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – The mother and child who were abducted at gunpoint Thursday have been found after an extensive search that led authorities along Colorado’s Front Range from Commerce City to Pueblo. The search continues for the suspect.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police found the 26-year-old woman and her 1-year-old child in Denver on Friday after they were forced at gunpoint from a home in Adams County just before noon on Thursday.
  Carol Archuleta was driving with her gran
  
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• Man Killed In Loveland May Have Been Run Over

  02-09-2017 19:14
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man found early Saturday morning at a parking area for a motorcycle rally.
  A news release from the Loveland Police Department says, “There were obvious injuries to the victim that are consistent with being run over by a vehicle or blunt trauma.”
  The LPD says its officers arrived within two minutes of the initial 9-1-1 call to the off-site parking and shuttle stop area for the Thunder in the Rockies mot
  
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• I-25 Widening Project Could Begin Sooner Than Planned

  02-09-2017 18:27
  DENVER (CBS4)– Work to start widening Interstate 25 from Castle Rock to Monument could get fast-tracked.El Paso County Commissioners want voters to allow the use of tax refunds to jump start construction. (credit: CBS)
  The project would use about $6 million in funds that would otherwise be returned to Colorado residents under TABOR.
  If the proposal makes it on the November ballot, and voters approve it, construction on the interstate could start in Summer 2019.
  
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• Broncos Cut Veteran Safety T.J. Ward

  02-09-2017 18:18
  By Michael Spencer
  DENVER (CBS4) – After days of speculation, the Broncos have cut veteran safety T.J. Ward.
  Broncos veteran safety T.J. Ward sits out practice on Aug. 12 with an injury. (credit: CBS4)
  Ward, who made the Pro Bowl three times during his four years in Denver, was in the final year of his contract.
  Last season he started in 14 games for the Broncos and recorded 87 tackles.
  Reaction from inside the Broncos locker room was almost immediate on social media with C.J. Anderson twe
  
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• Colorado To Receive $5.5 Million In EpiPen Settlement

  02-09-2017 17:56
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado will get more than $5 million from the makers of EpiPen. The drug company Mylan has been accused of charging the government an outrageous price for the potentially life-saving drug.The federal government says the company was misinformed when it classified EpiPens as a generic medication to avoid having to pay rebates to Medicaid. EpiPen (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
  In August, Mylan agreed to pay a $465 million settlement, of which Colorado will receive $5.5 mil
  
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• CU Beats CSU 17-3 Behind Lindsay, Flurry Of Flags

  02-09-2017 17:43
  DENVER (AP) — The latest version of the Rocky Mountain Showdown turned into a game of flag football.
  Running back Phillip Lindsay of the CU Buffaloes dives across the goal line against the CSU Rams on Sept. 1, 2016 in Denver. (credit: Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
  Phillip Lindsay ran for 140 yards on 19 carries and Colorado capitalized on a trio of debatable offensive pass interference calls by the Pac-12 officiating crew in a 17-3 victory over Colorado State on Friday night.
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• Boaters Beware Of Quagga Mussels

  02-09-2017 17:41
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Boaters heading to the water in Colorado are urged to inspect their boats before getting wet to reduce the threat of quagga mussels.Boaters must have their boats inspected and possibly decontaminated of the mussel larvae.Quagga mussels (credit: Bureau of Reclamation)The invasive species of quagga mussels have been found in Green Mountain Reservoir.The nuisance species spreads quickly. The Bureau of Reclamation hopes to keep the mussels out of other reservoirs i
  
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• Rockies Start Key Series With 9-5 Loss To Diamondbacks

  02-09-2017 17:38
  DENVER (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks swept the Los Angeles Dodgers this week, so a battle with Colorado for wild-card supremacy didn’t intimidate them.
  Taijuan Walker struck out a career-high 10, Daniel Descalso homered and surging Arizona started a key weekend series with a 9-5 victory over the Rockies on Friday night.
  The Diamondbacks won their eighth straight and increased their lead to 4 1/2 games over the Rockies for the first NL wild-card spot. They showed they weren’t
  
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• Celebrate International Vulture Day At The Denver Zoo

  02-09-2017 16:33
  DENVER (CBS4)– Come to the Denver Zoo and celebrate International Vulture Day with some underappreciated feathered friends on Saturday.
  The Denver Zoo will teach visitors about the vital role vultures play in the ecosystem as well as the global conservation work the Denver Zoo does to protect them.
  Aztai vulture (credit: Denver Zoo)
  Visitors will get the chance to get up close with some of the birds of prey, watch a focus on vultures at the Wildlife Show at the zoo and see vulture feedings
  
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• Latest Forecast: Mini Heatwave For Holiday Weekend

  02-09-2017 16:20
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A ridge of high pressure has set up over the western half of the nation for the Labor Day weekend. The center of this ridge is over Utah and will start to bring in a mini heatwave for Saturday and Sunday. There is a slight chance for a few very, isolated thunderstorms in the southern mountains. Otherwise, most will stay dry both Saturday and Sunday.
  Caught up in this flow is smoke from large wildfires in Montana. This will create unhealthy air for peop
  
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• “Helping animals is what I do” — but could this vet save 128 dogs stranded by flooding?

  02-09-2017 07:54
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas – It was a dire scene when veterinarian Nick Moore opened the door: dozens of dogs, panting or seriously ill in the hot, dark rooms of a run-down kennel that had been partially flooded the night before by the remnants of Hurricane Harvey.
  One dog was already dead. Six more were close to that, and at least a dozen were in critical condition. There were 128 dogs in all, plus 16 cats and a horse. There was no air conditioning, and many were too dehydrated to walk, much less dr
  
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• Fewer Americans buy insurance in coastal areas

  02-09-2017 07:46
  
  The Associated PressChart shows change in flood insurance coverage over four decades.By Terry Spencer, Meghan Hoyer and Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
  PLANTATION, Fla. — Amanda Spartz nearly did not renew her home’s flood insurance policy after her first year in Florida. Two hurricanes came close to the Fort Lauderdale suburbs last year, but they didn’t hit and her home isn’t in a high-risk flood zone. She figured she could put the $450 annual premium, due next w
  
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• Harvey triggers gasoline-price surge just in time for Labor Day

  02-09-2017 07:24
  
  By Nico Grant, Bloomberg
  U.S. drivers preparing for summer’s last holiday weekend were greeted with the largest one-day gasoline price jump in more than a decade on Thursday, all thanks to Hurricane Harvey.
  The average U.S. price for regular gasoline at the pump rose 7 cents Thursday to $2.519 a gallon, the steepest single-day increase since April 5, 2007, according to data from AAA, the largest U.S. motoring group. Harvey, which made landfall twice along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing torr
  
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• Colorado Springs-based Boeing 747 SuperTanker fights California fire for 1st time

  02-09-2017 07:19
  
  Global SuperTanker Service’s Boeing 747-400 has been activated to fight a California wildfire, marking its first use in the United States.
  The company says the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection exercised a call-when-needed contract Wednesday to fight a fire in Butte County about 10 miles east of Lake Oroville. At the time, the SuperTanker was at McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento.
  The company says it made two individual drops of 8,500 gallons of fire retardant tha
  
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• U.S. to auction drilling rights near Dinosaur National monument

  02-09-2017 07:10
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Federal land managers said Friday they will allow drilling for publicly owned oil and gas near Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah despite concerns about disrupting the area.
  The Bureau of Land Management announced plans to offer drilling rights on about 145 square miles (380 square kilometers) in a December online auction.
  The agency cited President Donald Trump’s goal of increasing domestic energy production.
  In a news release, officials said energy com
  
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• Kiszla: The Rams wuz robbed! Officials make a mess of Buffs’ win in Rocky Mountain Showdown

  02-09-2017 07:03
  
  The scoreboard said: Colorado 17, Colorado State 3.
  I say: Fake news.
  Oh, the Buffs won the game. For real. But the Rams didn’t lose. They got beat by the officiating crew from the Pacific-12 Conference.
  “We came here to win the ballgame. I expected us to win this ballgame,” CSU coach Mike Bobo said Friday.
  This was probably the most the Buffs have benefited from head-scratching officiating since the infamous fifth-down game, way back in 1990.
  Rocky Mountain Showdown? This was
  
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• Headaches and raspy voices as wildfire smoke chokes U.S. West

  02-09-2017 06:59
  
  The smoke from massive wildfires hangs like fog over large parts of the U.S. West, an irritating haze causing health concerns, forcing sports teams to change schedules and disrupting life from Seattle to tiny Seeley Lake, Montana.
  Air quality has been rated unhealthy across the region because of blazes that show no signs of abating. Officials said Friday that one of the worst U.S. wildfire seasons in terms of land burned is likely to keep scorching Western states and blanketing them with smoke u
  
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• “Dreamers” decision weighs on Trump as announcement nears

  02-09-2017 06:39
  
  WASHINGTON — Midday protests. Urgent pleas. Furious campaigning. A president torn.
  President Donald Trump stood at the center of a frantic lobbying campaign Friday as he neared a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people brought into the country illegally as children.
  After months of dragging his feet, the president on Tuesday will announce his plans for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants the abil
  
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• There's a new dinosaur at a Denver...

  02-09-2017 06:38
  Could you imagine being the first person to see a triceratops since it died 66 million years ago?       
  
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• Woman takes in trio wanted in Amber...

  02-09-2017 06:29
  9NEWS' Anusha Roy spoke to a woman who gave the trio referenced in an Amber Alert a place to stay and a ride from Pueblo to Denver without realizing who they were.       
  
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• Rockies whiff through a dud in the Diamondbacks’ series-opening blowout at Coors Field

  02-09-2017 06:27
  
  The biggest blockade to a Rockies run toward the postseason sat within eyesight Friday night at Coors Field. Their destiny wore gray. The Arizona Diamondbacks streaked into Denver on a season-high run of seven consecutive victories, but in a ping-pong rally through this season, the rivals remained nearly even.
  “When they’re right there in front of you and you know what’s at stake, in our eyes, it’s a bigger deal,” Colorado manager Bud Black said.
  That breezy noise b
  
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• Houston tries to safeguard some areas by flooding others

  02-09-2017 06:26
  
  By Jeff Amy and Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press
  HOUSTON — Officials in Houston sought Friday to safeguard parts of their devastated city by keeping others flooded in the wake of Harvey, which retained enough rain-making power to raise the risk of flooding in the middle of the country a week after it slammed into Texas.
  The mayor announced that ongoing releases of water from two reservoirs could keep thousands of homes flooded for up to 15 days and told residents that if they stayed an
  
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• Former Foster Youth Talk With The Lt. Governor

  02-09-2017 05:31
  By Libby Smith
  DENVER (CBS4) – As CBS4 worked on its series on “Aging Out”, reporter Britt Moreno talked to many former foster care youth who wished for changes in the child welfare system. Many said that they were going to work toward making those changes in the future. One of CBS4’s goals for the project was to be a catalyst for that change, so Moreno invited Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne to join a conversation about what kinds of changes need to be made.
  Moreno and L
  
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• Boulder takes down No. 9 Denver South...

  02-09-2017 05:01
  Cliche, sure. But they say it's not over, until it's over. The Boulder Panthers took down No. 9 ranked Denver South 27-29 in a wild finish Friday night at All-City Stadium.       
  
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• Denver has a new pop up dog park

  02-09-2017 04:29
  The city of Denver opened a temporary off leash park for pets and their owners       
  
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• Elk in Morrison is turning heads

  02-09-2017 04:13
  "Someone stole my kids pitching/batting net from the backyard on Mariposa! Not cool!"         
  
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• Lakewood Center Meeting Basic Human Needs

  02-09-2017 02:56
  By Libby Smith
  LAKEWOOD, Colo (CBS4) – The Action Center in Lakewood has been full filling basic human needs for nearly 50 years. Now the non-profit will get a helping hand on Xcel Energy’s Day of Service.
  The Action Center serves more than 100 people a day, providing food, clothing, and shelter.
  The Action Center in Lakewood (credit: CBS)
  LINK: Register For Xcel Energy Day of Service Project
  “The second part of our mission, which is promoting pathways to self-sufficiency is wh
  
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• Coffman Plans To Force Vote On DACA Extension, DREAMERS Rally

  02-09-2017 02:46
  By Shaun Boyd
  DENVER (CBS4)– Coloradans who’ve been spared deportation under “Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals” or DACA say they won’t go back to living in the shadows.
  They rallied at the state Capitol as President Donald Trump nears a decision on whether to keep the President Barack Obama-era program. It shields hundreds of thousands of young people brought to the U.S. unlawfully from deportation.
  (credit: CBS)
  DACA recipient Monica Acosta had a message for
  
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